European SME lender iwoca, and Italy’s Intesa Sanpaolo, are partnering to provide Intesa’s SME clients with new credit products to bridge the funding gap and support growth. The partnership will leverage iwoca’s market leading SME lending platform and Intesa’s expertise in building banking operations across Italy, Central Europe, Eastern Europe,
Palatine Private Equity has invested in The Bunker, a provider of ultra-secure managed IT services to mid-market UK companies. The transaction sees Palatine back the current management team, led by Phil Bindley, with Andy Hague joining the business as Group CEO. The deal is the fifth deal out of Palatine’s
Progressio Investimenti II Fund has completed its acquisition of Garda Plast. Garda Plast a producer of preforms in PET for mineral water, soft drinks and detergents. Established in 1996 by the Tonoli Family, due to their extensive experience in the mineral water sector as bottlers, Garda Plast quickly emerged as
Investors deployed USD21.78 billion to 1,958 US venture-backed companies during the second quarter, marking a significant uptick from the first quarter in capital invested while the number of companies receiving investment was stable, according to the PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor. Through the first six months of the year, 3,876 companies received
Drayson Technologies Limited has reached a Five-Year Strategic Research Agreement (SRA) with the University of Oxford (OU) and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) in the field of digital health. The Licensing deal could see millions of NHS patients benefit from the commercialisation of cutting edge technologies invented in
An affiliate of private equity investment firm HIG Capital (HIG) has acquired BIC Graphic North America and the affiliated Asia sourcing operations (BIC Graphic) from Société BIC. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, BIC Graphic, with sales over USD300 million, is one of the largest suppliers in the
Liberum Investment Banking has completed eight public market transactions during a busy five-week summer period, acting as financial adviser on two public offers, completing the IPO of a service provider to the film industry, and raising equity for five listed clients in the Real Estate, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors. Steve
Wholly-owned subsidiaries of Cosco Shipping Holdings and Shanghai International Port (Group) Co have made a voluntary cash offer to acquire Orient Overseas (International) Limited (Orient Overseas) in a deal worth up to USD6.3 billion. Cosco ShippingHoldings, which was represented by law firm Paul Hastings in the acquisition, is the world’s fourth largest
Yamibuy, an e-commerce site for Americans to purchase the best Asian snacks, beauty products, health supplements and home appliances, has closed a USD10 million Series A funding round led by GGV Capital, with participation from New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE: EDU) and K2VC. The investment, the company’s
United Group, a multi-play (Pay-TV, Broadband, Telephony, Mobile) operator in South East Europe, backed by KKR and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), is to acquire the Croatian and Slovenian media portfolio owned by CME (CETV). The transaction is subject to the relevant regulatory approvals. The portfolio
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